We are always confronted with certain circumstances in which we often are forced to think like, “Why always me?” or “When will these days end?” and so on. Such moments are common to any college student if you are not being able to tread along the lines expected from the university. And if you accidentally belong to those really dedicated student like the “Chathur” then this is probably not the right choice of words. Never mind. I suppose most of the ones reading are probably of the same type as I do, we all finish engineering just to realize what to do with our life. Some might end up thinking how the engineering screwed them, some might repent of taking a different decision 4 years ago, some might be happy with the placements they are forced to take up, some might be thinking of quitting engineering taking up banking sector or other govt jobs, some might be going for other careers like civil service or taking masters hoping life ahead will erase their struggles. Of these probably only less than 5% end up being the so called engineers that they once dreamt of when they first stepped into the college. And it isn’t our mistake.
There are times we cannot think of whether we are utilising the taxpayers money for making us engineers. All we can think is of our survival and our family’s survival. Nevertheless, nobody can blame that intention. We are right but there is something wrong also. But still, when we look back, those college days are probably the best thing that happened in our life. We were all having a different set of life till now. We never bothered about inflation, unemployment, reservations, the price of fruits or vegetables or even petrol. All these things were just a topic of essays and answers we written in exams. Suddenly these really meaningful words begin to affect our life. 10k or 15k was a big number before, and now it wasn’t enough a number as a salary per month. And some might get married in between. For them life has now become something more. Someone we haven’t met is going to be the most important person in our life. Responsibilities starts to come even if we like it or not. During college days we were really worried if we miss friends for a day or two. But now we may some day suddenly realize that we haven’t even messaged them for months. And it isn’t our mistake.
When we are away from our friends, we have lots to tell. When we eventually meet them, we always ponder about “What else?” Friends are like holidays. When we have exams we have lot of plans for holidays. When we get holidays we end up bored up doing just scrolling up and down both FB and Whatsapp. And it isn’t our mistake. With a great sigh of relief we all can hope to meet up soon, probably those marriages are one occasion that bring everyone together. And after that, hoping that after a few years we all can manage to arrange reunion at the very spot that made us who we are- GECB, just like a Lal Jose film. Till then Cheers for a wonderful life, mates!!!
ASHIK M S 